lych-gate en · NOUN
Etymology
From lich (“corpse”) + gate.
Meanings
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A churchyard gateway with a roof, under which a corpse was laid during a funeral to await the arrival of the clergyman.
Church Hill climbs steeply to All Saints, with its lych-gate at the entrance to the churchyard.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:If you take the turn to the left, after you pass the lyke-gate at Combehurst Church, …
1851, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, The Moorland Cottage, HTML edition, Project Gutenburg, published 2004:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lych gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lytch gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lytch-gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lich gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lyke-gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| litchgate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| litch gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lich-gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lychgate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| litch-gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lych-gates | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| lytchgate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lyke gate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lykegate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lichgate | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
th ซุ้มประตูสุสาน (churchyard gateway) · sv stigport (churchyard gateway) · de Friedhofstor (churchyard gateway) · ga urtheach reilige (churchyard gateway) · nl kerkhofpoort (churchyard gateway) · sv stiglucka (churchyard gateway) · is líkhlið (churchyard gateway) · fr porche de cimetière (churchyard gateway) · de überdachter Kirchhofseingang (churchyard gateway)